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In reply to the discussion: Study: Too much red meat may shorten lifespan [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)and I should have clarified.
When I said cut out carbs, I meant continuing my low carb diet. Contrary to most popular opinion, low-carb diets contain plenty of carbs. On the weight loss phase of the particular low-carb diet I'm on, you are supposed to eat 11-20 grams 5 times a day. You aren't allowed sugar or 'white' carbs though. And those 11-20 carbs are 'extra', meaning you don't have to count the carbs in nuts/seeds or vegetables. Those 11-20 carbs are supposed to come from whole grains or fruits.
There IS a type of 'induction' phase of the diet where you eat 5 grams of carbs every 5 hours or so, which is really restrictive, but it's only for a short period of time. Most of the time you are supposed to have the 11-20 carbs each meal, and on the maintenance phase you are supposed to (not 'allowed' but 'supposed to') eat even more carbs.
Anyhow, just thought I'd mention that. When I said cut out carbs I didn't mean I was going to eat nothing but meat.